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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Pilot" – "Hiroshima".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanied the uranium as it was shipped toward the destination of Tinian?
(a) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash and General George Marshall.
(b) Robert Oppenheimer and Arne Kjelstrup.
(c) General Brehon Somervell and Colonel John Wilson.
(d) Major Robert Furman and Captain James Nolan.

2. How many people were aboard the ferry as it transported heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) 53.
(b) 59.
(c) 72.
(d) 36.

3. What political party did Tom Black pressure Harry Gold to join?
(a) The Republican Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Labor Party.
(d) The Communist Party.

4. On what date did Adolf Hitler commit suicide?
(a) September 1, 1945.
(b) April 12, 1945.
(c) March 13, 1945.
(d) April 30, 1945.

5. Who was Stalin's head of secret police in late 1944?
(a) Arne Kjelstrup.
(b) Anatoly Yatzkov.
(c) Samuel Goudsmit.
(d) Lavrenti Beria.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves first visit the Los Alamos Ranch School to examine it as a site for testing?

2. What was the name of the estate in England where the German scientists were taken after the European war ended?

3. How far is Okinawa from the Japanese mainland?

4. On what date did General Groves first meet Robert Oppenheimer?

5. Where did Haukelid's training group go to attend parachute school?

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